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Club Events 2007 : 2007-02-25 : COC - Pocaterra: Intermediate Ski, Slow/Moderate Pace

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Wow, wow, wow! It's a good thing I'm a variety-junkie otherwise I would only ever do the route that we did today. We set out as a group of 14 heading up the Pocaterra trail. At the first intersection we split into a faster group and slower group with Jim taking the lead with the faster group. My group did about 18km today. We took Pocaterra Trail all the way to Packers, down Packers, then started our return along Wheeler. We took the first intersection onto Amos, then up Lynx and finished off by retracing half of our original trip on Pocaterra. I think this is the perfect x-c ski route. It's about 18km - my slower group took almost four hours to do it. The Pocaterra Trail is pretty flat for most of the first 3.5 kms, and although you don't notice it, you're gradually gaining elevation. Then, the next 3.5 kms (or so) are rolling, so after you've had your nice easy warm-up, you get a bit more of a challenge doing the next bit. You're nicely warmed up and ready for a real challenge when you head down Packers, and it doesn't disappoint with several wonderful down (and up) hills of varying difficulty. In no time you're at the bottom of Packers, and then you get a bit of a reprieve from the excitement on Wheeler and Amos, and then Lynx has one more killer downhill before you're back to Pocaterra. The nice thing about returning on Pocaterra is that all the elevation you gained gradually on the way out, you get to laze your way down at the very end of your trip. It's fantastic! The fast group did about 23kms, and did almost the exact same route as us, but they took Pocaterra all the way to Whiskey Jack, down Whiskey Jack, then over on Wheeler, Amos and Lynx back to Pocaterra. As they returned on Pocaterra, they did the little side-trip on Come Along trail. Sounds like they had a great time too. -- Rhonda

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Wow, wow, wow! It's a good thing I'm a variety-junkie otherwise I would only ever do the route that we did today. We set out as a group of 14 heading up the Pocaterra trail. At the first intersection we split into a faster group and slower group with Jim taking the lead with the faster group.

My group did about 18km today. We took Pocaterra Trail all the way to Packers, down Packers, then started our return along Wheeler. We took the first intersection onto Amos, then up Lynx and finished off by retracing half of our original trip on Pocaterra. I think this is the perfect x-c ski route. It's about 18km - my slower group took almost four hours to do it. The Pocaterra Trail is pretty flat for most of the first 3.5 kms, and although you don't notice it, you're gradually gaining elevation. Then, the next 3.5 kms (or so) are rolling, so after you've had your nice easy warm-up, you get a bit more of a challenge doing the next bit. You're nicely warmed up and ready for a real challenge when you head down Packers, and it doesn't disappoint with several wonderful down (and up) hills of varying difficulty. In no time you're at the bottom of Packers, and then you get a bit of a reprieve from the excitement on Wheeler and Amos, and then Lynx has one more killer downhill before you're back to Pocaterra. The nice thing about returning on Pocaterra is that all the elevation you gained gradually on the way out, you get to laze your way down at the very end of your trip. It's fantastic!

The fast group did about 23kms, and did almost the exact same route as us, but they took Pocaterra all the way to Whiskey Jack, down Whiskey Jack, then over on Wheeler, Amos and Lynx back to Pocaterra. As they returned on Pocaterra, they did the little side-trip on Come Along trail. Sounds like they had a great time too.

-- Rhonda

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